General & Others Zoro and Sanji were originally ment to swap opponents

[JoNdule]

One Piece Green: Secret Pieces revealed an early concept of the CP9 and their fight match-ups with the Straw Hat Pirates. Originally, the match-ups were supposed to be:

• Lucci vs. Luffy
• Kalifa vs. Robin
• Fukurou vs. Nami
• Kaku vs. Sanji
• Shakiin (Jabra) vs. Zoro
• Apollo (Kumadori) vs. Chopper
• Blueno vs. Usopp

Low key kinda sad oda didn't go with original plan

1. Robin getting a fight would have been hella dope
2. Nami fighting a man would have been cool
3. Sanji vs kaku always seemed pretty hype pre enies lobby
4. Usopp getting a fight would be fun too

Oda really misses a lot

 

[Midnight Delight]

Usopp being meant to fight Blueno was always known in the fandom
I think @Shiroyru once mentioned it

Interesting that Franky didn't have an opponent, explains why he fought someone he could mid diff and the fight relied on Cola gimmic

 

[Gorosei Informer]

One Piece Green: Secret Pieces revealed an early concept of the CP9 and their fight match-ups with the Straw Hat Pirates. Originally, the match-ups were supposed to be:

• Lucci vs. Luffy
• Kalifa vs. Robin
• Fukurou vs. Nami
• Kaku vs. Sanji
• Shakiin (Jabra) vs. Zoro
• Apollo (Kumadori) vs. Chopper
• Blueno vs. Usopp

Low key kinda sad oda didn't go with original plan

1. Robin getting a fight would have been hella dope
2. Nami fighting a man would have been cool
3. Sanji vs kaku always seemed pretty hype pre enies lobby
4. Usopp getting a fight would be fun too

Blueno vs Usopp?!

Robin vs Kalifa and Sanji vs Kaku would have been dope. Jyabura would be the 2nd strongest instead though?

Diable Jambe vs Jyabura was too fucking raw though, just like Asura reveal and Monster Chopper rampage (especially in the anime).

Usopp should have faced either Fukurou, Kumadori or especially Spandam with Funkfreed imo.

Kumadori felt more like a Nami opponent imo somehow but Oda vastly prefers female opponents for Nami too.

Still makes me laugh Oda never intended for Kalifa and Blueno to return but was strong armed into doing it for Film Red.

 

[Alter]

On paper, it seems interesting. The "macho" one for Zoro and the unique one for Sanji.

But from the other side, it is kinda boring, tbh.
I really hope that in the future, Zoro will fight oponent that like to troll like Luffy-esque or Usopp-esque.
That would be hilarious to see a lot of people expectations for seeing Zoro fight with serious badass opponent become headcannon.

I kinda like writing that defy expectations in exactly opposite way 🤣🤣



Anw, back to the topic.
Let say Oda really did his initial plan.
Could you imagine that the one that went to Egghead was Jabra instead of Lucci?
That would be more boring tbh since both character share some similar traits.
I mean Kaku is more different than Lucci compared to Jabra to Lucci, it is what makes the story beautiful, makes One Piece beautiful


If I want strict macho manly manga and have expectations that stern character like Zoro never got trolled hard, I won't read One Piece.
I will just read another manga, like RoR for example
:zorothink:

 

[MonsterKaido]

Cool but it doesn't change anything lol

 

[BattalGazi]

In real early concept of enies lobby kaku was originally planned to be a fight for sanji. Meaning jabra was more likely than not supposed to be zoro's fight

Sanji vs kaku making sense because like alot of sanji's opponents kaku is one of the more silly members of the group. Both in personality and design.
Along with original just not being a swordsman and mainly specializing in his kicks which he still kinda does tbh

Zoro vs jabra making sense because he was supposed to be one the more serious sides of things like alot of zoro's opponent's. His design being more typically seen as badass in comparison to kaku.
On top of that he also shares parallels to lucci aka luffy's fight like alot of zoro opponents also do. Jabra being a carnivorous zoan and leading his own group of cp9. If he fought zoro he would have definitely been made a swordsman

I always thought Jyabura was more serious just like Kroobi in Arlongs crew.

 

[RoronoaZorro]

A Kaku vs Sanji fight would've been just as good as Sanji vs Jabra, because a Giraffe using swords to fight is retarded, that wouldn't happen with Sanji

This tbh.

Powerlevel can be adjusted, Kaku can be the 3rd strongest.

It's the silly stuff that usually goes to Sanji.

 

[CensoredbyWG]

Kaku is sillyy, but jabra is sillier.

Third seats always make fun of the second ones, wanna know who sanji fights on arc? Just pay attention to the guy clowning the second seat.